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  • Ebola: ID keeps 12 isolation cabins ready

    Kolkata: State health officials said six flyers who arrived in Kolkata from either Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or Uganda in recent weeks are under home surveillance by health officials. While none of them have any symptoms this surveillance ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Jt secy dies 2 days after fall in office

    Kolkata: Indradeb Bhattacharya (51), who was critically injured after a fall from the fourth-floor stairwell balcony of Khadya Bhavan on Monday, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning. Bhattacharya was a joint secretary-rank official and nodal officer of the ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation arrested amid molestation allegations

    KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Biswajit Mondal, has been arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting and molesting a woman in the metropolis, police said on Thursday.The accused, Biswajit, councillor of Ward No. 114, ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Amid TMC turmoil around Mamata Banerjee, Bidhannagar mayor Krishna Chakraborty resigns

    KOLKATA: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) mayor Krishna Chakraborty resigned from her post on Thursday, submitting her resignation letter to BMC commissioner Ravi Agarwal at Salt Lake Poura Bhavan.In her resignation letter, Chakraborty cited personal reasons for stepping down."I have ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    India’s steel sector faces its green reckoning

    KOLKATA: As World Environment Day approaches on June 5, this year hosted by Azerbaijan under the theme “Inspired by Nature. For Climate. For Our Future”, the conversation globally tends to drift toward the visible and the vivid: forests, oceans, ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Papiya’s fed replaces Swarup’s in Tolly

    Kolkata: In the presence of major Tollywood stakeholders and actors, Tollygunge BJP MLA Papiya Adhikary on Wednesday introduced the Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation (EIMPCC), an organization she now leads as president. According to her, the confederation ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Mamata is Trinamool, we are with her, say loyalists

    Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee is synonymous with the Trinamool Congress, and the Trinamool Congress is synonymous with her, echoed party loyalists, including the MLAs and the workers as the party faces one of its biggest defections in 28 years following ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    We’re not servants, Didi can be adviser: Anger against Abhishek boils over at rebel meet

    Kolkata: Ritabrata Banerjee, the Trinamool Uluberia East MLA, who claimed the Leader of Opposition seat at the assembly on Wednesday with support of 58 out of 80 MLAs, said no MLA will be treated as servants but everyone will ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    'How can MLA expelled by party be LoP?': When 58 TMC legislators triggered assembly split by backing Ritabrata Banerjee

    KOLKATA: The legislative wing of Trinamool Congress — the party that has governed Bengal for the last 15 years after being formed by Mamata Banerjee on Jan 1, 1998 — split on Wednesday.Fifty-eight Trinamool MLAs submitted a letter to ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Suffocated’ Firhad Hakim likely to quit as Kolkata mayor

    KOLKATA: City mayor Firhad Hakim, reportedly rattled by the loss of control over Kolkata Municipal Corporation after Trinamool’s poll defeat, is likely to step down this week, possibly on Friday.Hakim is said to have told party chairperson Mamata Banerjee ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    After CID, ED summons Abhishek Benerjee in teachers’ recruitment case, Shantiniketan security removed

    KOLKATA: Hours after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking protection from any coercive action in the CID case of Trinamool MLA signature forgery case, the Enforcement Directorate issued summons to him in the ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Day after texting brother about new job, Kolkata girl dies in UK hit-and-run

    London/Kolkata: Anisha Chakraborty texted her brother Raktim in the US from Birmingham last Friday to say she had good news to share. The 28-year-old from Kolkata’s Mukundapur had been job-hunting after completing her master’s with distinction at Aston University ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Multiple TMC MLAs from rebel camp under case-FIR shadow

    Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate’s renewed questioning of former minister and Madhyamgram MLA Rathin Ghosh has put the spotlight back on a growing cluster of legal troubles surrounding members of the Trinamool rebel camp, with multiple netas facing probes, ranging ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC men booked after firearm, cash seizure at Surendranath College

    Kolkata: Cops probing the recovery of a firearm and two suitcases stashed with cash — most of it destroyed by termites — from the college union room at Surendranath College on Tuesday have booked two Trinamool Congress functionaries under ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    ED knocks on Abhishek doors, state removes security from Shantiniketan

    Kolkata: Hours after Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking protection from any coercive action in the CID case of Trinamool MLA signature forgery case, the Enforcement Directorate issued summons to him in the ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    JU RSS non-teaching staff unit seeks union office room

    Kolkata: Members of Paschimbanga Visvavidyalaya Karmachari Sangh, Jadavpur University unit, staged a demonstration outside the vice-chancellor’s office on Wednesday, demanding an allotment for a union office room.“Despite repeated letters, requesting for an office room for a recognised employees’ union, ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    From assembly, TMC MLAs rush to CM’s administrative meet

    Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s first administrative meeting with the MLAs of Kolkata, Howrah and South 24-Parganas saw politics take a backseat. Both Trinamool factions — the loyalists and the rebels — attended the meeting, including MLAs Firhad Hakim, ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Egg-fish-veg meals on new Maa menu; state plans to add 110 Maa Ahar centres

    Kolkata: The state govt has renamed Maa canteens as Maa Ahar, and started a new menu wherein they will serve fish meal twice a week, eggs twice a week, and vegetarian food on the remaining two days, all at ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Police arrest TMC vice-president for illegally occupying house, KMC councillors for extortion

    Kolkata: Two KMC councillors from Trinamool and the party’s state vice-president and spokesperson were arrested from two different parts of the city on Wednesday.While Ward 106 councillor Arijit Das Thakur alias Rana was arrested by cops from the Garfa ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Stunned, betrayed: TMC foot soldiers struggle with 31-day bad news cycle

    Kolkata: Thirty-one days after Trinamool suffered its worst electoral setback since coming to power, disbelief, anger and introspection continue to grip grassroots workers and loyalists across Kolkata, even as resignations, public criticism and organisational churn keep unsettling the rank ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    19,000 of 1.2 lakh granted citizenship under CAA: CM

    Kolkata: Of the 1.2 lakh Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applicants in Bengal, 19,000 have already been granted Indian citizenship certificates, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting at Nabanna. He added that those with pending CAA ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Helpline for direct CMO connection makes debut

    Sarthak.GKolkata: The state govt on Wednesday unveiled ‘Apnar Sarkar Apnar Pashe (Your Govt is Beside You)’ with the help of which people of Bengal can connect with the chief minister’s office (CMO) if they face any problem in availing ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    28 lakh women get Rs 3,000 each under Annapurna Yojana on day 1

    Kolkata: Over 28 lakh women across the state have received Rs 3,000 each under the state’s Annapurna Yojana as the process of direct benefit transfer (DBT) to the beneficiaries’ accounts kicked off on Wednesday. Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, who ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    ED summons TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in primary teacher recruitment scam; asked to appear on June 15

    KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday served a summons to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, directing him to appear before the agency on June 15 in connection with the primary school recruitment irregularities case, officials said.According to officials, ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Senior official dies after fall from Khadya Bhavan

    Kolkata: Indradeb Bhattacharya (51), who was critically injured after a fall from the fourth-floor stairwell balcony of Khadya Bhavan on Monday, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning. Bhattacharya was a joint secretary-rank official and nodal officer of the ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC functionaries booked over firearm, cash seizure at Surendranath College

    Kolkata: Cops probing the recovery of a firearm and two suitcases stashed with cash — most of it destroyed by termites — from the college union room at Surendranath College on Tuesday have booked two Trinamool Congress functionaries under ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Papiya Adhikary dissolves FCTWEI, launches EIMPCC to reform Tollywood

    Kolkata: In the presence of major Tollywood stakeholders and actors, Tollygunge BJP MLA Papiya Adhikary on Wednesday introduced the Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation (EIMPCC), an organization she now leads as president. According to her, the confederation ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Saurav ganguly security cover downgraded

    Kolkata: Former India captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s security cover has been downgraded from Z to Y category following a recent security review by the state govt, reducing the number of personnel in his security team from around ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Health officials monitor 6 flyers after Ebola outbreak

    Kolkata: State health officials said six flyers who arrived in Kolkata from either Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or Uganda in recent weeks are under home surveillance by health officials. While none of them have any symptoms this surveillance ...

    4 June 2026 Times of India
    Disabled man, wife reach CM’s Janatar Darbar after 5-day toil

    Kolkata: A disabled man, who had travelled to Kolkata from Gosaba in a tricycle with his wife walking alongside to reach the BJP state office, sought assistance from CM Suvendu Adhikari at Janatar Darbar on Tuesday for a ‘room ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    2nd KMC councillor arrested after extortion plaint

    Kolkata: Sachin Singh, the KMC councillor of ward 36, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of extortion, fraud and allegedly collecting cut money in the Narkeldanga area, police sources said.Singh became the second KMC councillor to be arrested after ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    City scientists uncover liver protein managing fat storage

    Kolkata: In a paper published in the international journal Nature Communications, a team of scientists from the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, that operates under the department of atomic energy, discovered a tiny protein inside liver cells called ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Sourav Ganguly's security cover downgraded from Z to Y category

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal government has downgraded the security cover of former India captain Sourav Ganguly, officials said on Wednesday.According to sources, Sourav Ganguly, who was earlier protected under the Z-category security arrangement, will now receive Y-category security.The decision ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal govt hands over 32 acres to BSF for India-Bangladesh border fencing

    KOLKATA: Around 32 acres of land have been handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) by the West Bengal government for fencing along the India–Bangladesh border, completing a process that had been pending for several years.Panchayat Minister Dilip ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar arrested for 'illegally occupying' woman's house for years; crowd chants 'chor, chor' slogans

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress spokesperson and state vice-president Jay Prakash Majumdar was arrested by police on Wednesday on charges of harassing a woman and illegally occupying her house for several years, a police officer said.The complainant, Arati Roychowdhury, alleged that ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Reform not punish: IIT-Kgp’s new take on exam malpractices

    Kolkata: IIT Kharagpur will enforce a graded framework of punishments for handling examination malpractice in place of uniform punitive norms to ensure fair and proportional consequences and provide students with a path to reform themselves.Director Suman Chakraborty said, “We ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Maharashtra-model in Bengal? Mamata Banerjee fights to fend off crisis amid MLA exodus buzz

    KOLKATA: The ‘M’ word entered the lexicon of Bengal politics on Tuesday, with both Trinamool and BJP seniors referring to the ‘Maharashtra model’ to explain what is happening to Trinamool Congress following the Signgate mess.Tapas Roy, who took oath ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Two suitcases, stashed with termite-eaten cash, firearm found on Surendranath campus

    Kolkata: Two suitcases, stashed with currency notes, most of them destroyed by termites, were recovered from a locked storeroom at Surendranath College on Tuesday. The college authorities alerted the police, who discovered a firearm in the union room, which ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Traffic on Taratala flyover suspended after gas leak

    Kolkata: Traffic was briefly suspended on the Taratala flyover on Tuesday morning following a gas leak from a CNG cylinder. The emergency shutdown of traffic led to congestion on Diamond Harbour Road in the morning peak hour.“No untoward incident ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    All 8 Ghatak films undergo 4K restoration in his centenary year

    Kolkata: The complete feature filmography of Ritwik Ghatak’s has undergone a 4K restoration by NFDC-NFAI in honour of the film-maker’s birth centenary.The project utilised diverse film elements safeguarded by NFDC-NFAI and the West Bengal State Film Archive. To faithfully ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Pre-monsoon check: Min visits waterlogging black spots across Kol

    Kolkata: The state municipal affairs minister, Agnimitra Paul, on Tuesday inspected the waterlogging black spots across the city after the MMiC overseeing the KMC sewerage and drainage, resigned on Tuesday, citing his ‘helplessness' in tackling the drainage issues ahead ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Will remove BJP from Centre if I live’: Mamata at her 1st rally since poll defeat

    Kolkata: Leading her first protest on the streets of Kolkata since her party's defeat in the assembly election, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday, "If I survive, I will remove BJP from office in Centre."Accusing Centre of orchestrating ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    205 write to JU VC for dog feed zones, shelter revamp, vax funds

    Kolkata: A letter, with 205 signatures from students, scholars and alumni of Jadavpur University, was on Tuesday handed to the vice-chancellor, demanding the demarcation of feeding zones for dogs on the campus, renovation of the existing shelter and allocation ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    CREDAI seeks policy reforms for housing in state budget

    Kolkata: In a pre-budget meeting with state additional chief secretary Prabhat Mishra and his team, CREDAI West Bengal president Sushil Mohta and CREDAI Kolkata president Apurva Salarpuria submitted targeted suggestions to unlock land, speed up planned urbanisation, and improve ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Man falls to death in NT complex

    Kolkata: A 55-year-old man died after falling from the terrace of a 15-storey tower at Sunrise Point complex near New Town Akanksha More on Tuesday around 6.30 pm. The deceased has been identified as Deepak Hirawat, a resident of ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Joint secy still critical: Docs

    Kolkata: Indradeb Bhattacharya, 51, the joint secretary rank officer of agricultural marketing dept, who fell from the fourth-floor stairwell balcony of O Block at Khadya Bhavan on Monday, continued to be unconscious and critical on Tuesday as well.SSKM Doctors ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Ex-min, culture world under lens after singers’ public plea to CM

    Kolkata: ‘Pancha kobir gaan’ singer Riddhi Bandyopadhyay and singer Dola Banerjee met chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Tuesday’s ‘janata darbar‘ to publicly expose the ‘toxic favouritism’ and ‘cancel culture’ plaguing Bengal’s music industry. They voiced their frustration over a ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Cautious community pushes back on Vande in madrasas

    Kolkata: The BJP govt’s directive making the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ mandatory in madrasas has drawn objections from sections of Bengal’s Muslim community, with religious and community leaders urging the administration to reconsider.The pushback is notable as the community ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Durga Puja organisers await state clarity on grant, street pandal

    Kolkata: After CM Suvendu Adhikari’s announcement that religion-based handouts will be discontinued, organisers of low-budget Durga Pujas are anxious about whether the new state govt will continue the festival grant, saying they need an early, clear decision to finalise ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Colleges told not to charge ‘union fee’

    Kolkata: The state higher education department has issued an order mandating that colleges must not charge students in the name of 'union fee’. The Calcutta High Court passed an order on July 7 in this regard.College principals have received ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Former sports minister Aroop Biswas summoned by West Bengal police over Messi event fiasco

    KOLKATA: Former sports minister Aroop Biswas has been summoned by Bidhannagar police to report at Bidhannagar south police station on Thursday and meet the investigating officer probing the case of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and extortion in connection ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Cops issue advisory after Golf Green flat deaths

    Kolkata: Kolkata Police has urged landlords in and around Golf Green to be more vigilant while renting out their properties following the deaths of a young man and woman in an apartment at Arabinda Nagar, an incident that has ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Councillors in jail, under FIR shadow, in quit mode; civic boards in limbo

    Kolkata/Howrah: Arrests, FIRs, resignations and administrative flux across several municipal corporations and municipalities in Bengal have triggered concerns over the functioning of civic bodies and delivery of services.The strain is most evident in the Trinamool Congress-run KMC, where the ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Statues of 2 MB, EB footballers outside stadium

    Kolkata: Statues of two footballers in action — one wearing the jersey of Mohun Bagan Super Giant and another one wearing the jersey of East Bengal FC — are likely to replace the recently demolished Football-Man installation outside Salt ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Six in Ebola home quarantine after returning from Congo, Uganda

    Kolkata: Six flyers who have returned from Ebola-hit nations over the past week have been sent to home quarantine for 21 days under advice of Kolkata airport authorities, with state health dept officials following up on a daily basis ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Hidden for years, termite-eaten cash worth over Rs 1 lakh found in Kolkata college union room; watch

    KOLKATA: More than Rs 1 lakh in currency notes, most of them damaged by termites, was recovered from two suitcases kept inside a college union room at Surendranath College in central Kolkata on Tuesday, triggering a police investigation into ...

    3 June 2026 Times of India
    Post-2nd stanza hiccup for students on Vande day 1 in schools

    Kolkata: ‘Vande Mataram’ was introduced in school prayers across the state on Monday. But though the first two stanzas were sung properly, many students faced challenges with the remaining four stanzas as they were unfamiliar with them. Teachers were ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    After Bengal power shift, villagers start getting back 'cut money' paid for govt schemes

    MATHABHANGA: Several residents of Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar district have received back the “cut money” they had paid to local toughs while availing benefits of government schemes. Reportedly, the residents had paid significant sums during the tenure of the ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    173 male names detected in 'Lakshmir Bhandar' scheme beneficiary list in Nadia

    KRISHNANAGAR: The Nadia district administration has launched an investigation after 173 male names were found in the beneficiary list of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, which is intended exclusively for women, officials said on Tuesday.The irregularities were detected in the ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    83% of ministers are graduates, average age 57 in West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's cabinet

    KOLKATA: The newly sworn-in West Bengal cabinet under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari reflects a blend of experienced politicians, emerging leaders, social diversity and professionals from various fields.A total of 35 ministers took oath on Monday at Lok Bhawan in ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    CAP closes with over 24L applications, Presi gets 15k

    Kolkata: The Centralised Admission Portal (CAP) closed at midnight on Monday, with 24.6 lakh applications and registrations from over 4.4 lakh candidates. Meanwhile, Presidency University closed its UG admission portal on Monday after receiving over 15,000 applications.The CAP merit ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Bengal signature 'forgery' case: CID records statements of 13 TMC MLAs

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal crime investigation department (CID) has recorded statements of 13 Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs so far as part of its probe into alleged signature forgery case.According to officials, three legislators have stated that the signatures in ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    'Arrest me if you want': Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of trying to break TMC with police help amid protests

    KOLKATA: Alleging that BJP was trying to break the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mamata Banerjee on Monday dared the saffron party to “arrest her if they want”, her words coming shortly after police denied TMC permission for a sit-in at ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Swapan Dasgupta among 35 new mantris in Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari's govt

    KOLKATA: First-time MLA Swapan Dasgupta, for long the intellectual voice championing BJP's vision for his native Bengal, was among the 35 new ministers sworn in Monday. This took the strength of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari's government to 41.Nine MLAs ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    After CM Suvendu Adhikari’s revelations, ‘Signgate’ controversy leaves Trinamool in disarray

    KOLKATA: The ‘Signgate’ row over the alleged forging of Trinamool MLAs’ signatures claimed its first casualties on Monday, immediately after a press conference by Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, and threw Trinamool into even greater disarray.Trinamool was forced to expel ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Jt secy critically hurt after fall from 4th floor in office

    Kolkata: A senior official of the food and supplies department was critically injured after falling from a fourth-floor stairwell balcony of Khadya Bhavan on Monday morning. The incident has triggered a probe into whether it was an accident or ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    'He always knew it': Mother’s emotional reaction as 32-year-old BJP MLA becomes younges minister in West Bengal

    KOLKATA: BJP MLA Biraj Biswas on Monday became the youngest member of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s Council of Ministers at the age of 32.Biswas, the MLA from Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur, took oath as Minister of State at Lok ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Health & safety check likely for clock tower

    Kolkata: The iconic clock tower in Lake Town is likely to undergo a health and safety check soon. Bidhannagar MLA Sharadwat Mukherjee said he will be writing to the urban development department to find out if permission was obtained ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Kol, suburbs ministers to focus on health, edu, women’s safety, clean governance

    Kolkata: Ministers from Kolkata and its suburbs took centre stage in chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s expanded cabinet, placing education, healthcare, women’s safety and clean governance at the core of a shared plan to rebuild Bengal, with added stress on ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Hotel, tourism industries hope to be treated as eco drivers

    Kolkata: Travel, tourism and hotel industries hope state govt will treat tourism and hospitality as core economic drivers, backed by clear policy direction, faster approvals and funding. Industry bodies want priority infrastructure upgrades across destinations, along with single-window clearance ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Abhishek parents in HC against notice

    Kolkata: The parents of TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee moved Calcutta HC on Monday, seeking the quashing of an KMC notice served against their property at 29-C, Harish Chatterjee Street. Amit and Lata Banerjee stated that the building ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    BSF pushes back 17 Bangladeshis through Murshidabad border

    Berhampore: The BSF has pushed back 17 Bangladeshi nationals into Bangladesh through the Raninagar border point. The Murshidabad district administration on Saturday had handed over these individuals to the BSF from the Lalgola holding centre, following the verification and ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Can’t forget roots’: Shankar promises to raise NB issues

    Siliguri/Kolkata: After swearing in as a minister in the newly formed Bengal govt, Siliguri BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh on Monday said he "cannot forget" his roots and he would ensure concerns of north Bengal are taken to relevant departments ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Bishal Lama: 1st Gorkha minister in 5 decades

    Darjeeling: For the first time in more than five decades, a Gorkha neta has been inducted into the Bengal cabinet, with BJP MLA Bishal Lama taking oath as a minister of state on Monday. His elevation marks a historic ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘Don’t take law into your hands’: CM appeals after attack on Abhishek

    Kolkata: Three days after Trinamool MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was assaulted and heckled by a section of protesters in Sonarpur, CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday appealed to the public not to take the law into their ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    FREE STATE BUS RIDES: WOMEN CLAIM A FIRST IN BENGAL

    Sarthak.GKolkata: Women claimed their first “zero-balance” trips on wheels on Monday when Bengal govt rolled out free rides for them in all state-run buses plying on different routes, from hills to plains. These commuters got free-ride tickets from conductors ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Eminent linguist Probal Dasgupta passes away

    Kolkata: Probal Dasgupta, an eminent Indian linguist, Esperantist and academic administrator, passed away in his sleep after suffering a stroke in the early hours of Monday at the age of 72.His sudden demise has cast a pall of gloom ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Last pay cheque for religion dole yet to enter account

    Kolkata: Monthly financial assistance provided by the state govt to imams, muezzins and Hindu priests was discontinued from June, with beneficiaries receiving their last payments in May, following a decision by the newly elected BJP govt to end religion-based ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    64-ft Messi statue to lie in warehouse till final shift

    Kolkata: The giant and “unstable” 64-feet statue of Lionel Messi at Lake Town was uprooted using a crane, laid down on a trailer and was carried to a PWD warehouse in Baguiati in a five-hour effort, where officials said ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Extortion plaint against TMC councillor Susanta Ghosh

    Kolkata: More than 130 hawkers from a market in east Kolkata’s Anandapur, near Ruby Hospital, have lodged a police complaint against ward 108 councillor Sushanta Ghosh and at least seven of his associates, alleging that they extorted nearly Rs ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Don’t rush to raze illegal bldgs: CM

    Kolkata: chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has advised the Kolkata Municipal Corporation buildings department not to hurry in demolition of buildings without giving notices in advance, thus giving the errant persons enough time to defend themselves. Adhikary, during an interactive ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    SIT to probe Lakshmir Bhandar scam

    Kolkata: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari has directed the state DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged Lakshmir Bhandar scam.Announcing the decision, the CM said that 22 fake beneficiary cases have been detected in Berhampore. ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Security aide held over alleged molestation

    Kolkata: Security aide of former mayor and ex-MLA Sovan Chatterjee was arrested after being accused of molesting the minor daughter of his associate, police said.The accused, identified as Sanju Sharma, was arrested following a complaint lodged at Rabindra Sarobar ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    Security aide held over alleged molestation

    Kolkata: Security aide of former mayor and ex-MLA Sovan Chatterjee was arrested after being accused of molesting the minor daughter of his associate, police said.The accused, identified as Sanju Sharma, was arrested following a complaint lodged at Rabindra Sarobar ...

    2 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC expels 2 MLAs, Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, for 'anti-party activities'

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday expelled two of its MLAs, Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, from the party's primary membership with immediate effect, accusing them of anti-party activities and actions prejudicial to the organisation's interests.In separate expulsion notices ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    TMC’s missing MLAs, statewide arrests and protest plans: What’s going on

    KOLKATA: A cancelled meeting of Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, a growing list of arrests of party leaders across West Bengal and fresh protest plans announced by the ruling party have brought the spotlight back on the political turbulence unfolding ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    'Anyone who speaks of morality is deemed anti-party', says expelled TMC MLA Sandipan Saha

    KOLKATA: Expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Sandipan Saha on Monday hit out at the party after he and fellow legislator Ritabrata Banerjee were removed from the party's primary membership over alleged anti-party activities.Saha said, "In this party, anyone who speaks ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    '30 lakh fake accounts': West Bengal govt orders SIT probe into Lakshmir Bhandar scheme

    KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged large-scale irregularities in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme launched by the previous TMC government and said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would be constituted to probe nearly 30 lakh suspected ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    Months after Lionel Messi unveiled it, Kolkata takes down his 70-foot statue; here's why

    KOLKATA: A 70-foot-tall statue of Argentine football icon Lionel Messi was removed from Kolkata's Lake Town area on Monday after authorities found the structure had become unstable following recent storms.Public Works Department (PWD) officials said the statue was carefully ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    West Bengal cabinet expansion: 35 ministers take oath in Suvendu Adhikari govt

    KOLKATA: The West Bengal cabinet underwent a major expansion on Monday, with 35 new ministers taking the oath of office at Lok Bhawan in Kolkata.With Governor R N Ravi administering the oath, the Council of Ministers expanded to 41 ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    5 held for assault on Abhishek Banerjee, BJP claims ‘factional warfare’

    KOLKATA: Police arrested five men, including a Trinamool Congress worker who helped organise the party's Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee's visit to Sonarpur on Kolkata's southern edge Saturday, where a mob hurled eggs, stones and shoes at him, tore ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    Full Bengal cabinet today: BJP balances old-versus-new, regional aspirations

    Kolkata : The need to strike a balance among Bengal’s various regions and between BJP veterans and new entrants was among the factors that weighed heavily on the party leadership during the selection of ministers who will be sworn ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    In another blow to Mamata Banerjee, 9 TMC councillors quit; Diamond Harbour municipal board dissolved

    KOLKATA: In yet another setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following its rout in the recent Bengal assembly elections, the board of Diamond Harbour municipality was dissolved on Sunday. This came after nine of the party's councillors resigned, leading ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    Slain TMC worker's Sanju Karmakar parents flee from home in fear

    KOLKATA: Fear of reprisals has driven the elderly parents of deceased TMC worker Sanju Karmakar out of their home in Sonarpur on Kolkata's southeastern fringe after a mob attacked party MP Abhishek Banerjee during a visit to the family ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    Presi girls chase pervert away

    Kolkata: Students of a girls’ hostel of Presidency University in Salt Lake sector I allegedly chased away a man after spotting him flashing and masturbating on a road near the hostel late on Saturday night, triggering fresh concerns over ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    5 B’deshis detained in Malda stn

    Malda: GRP on Saturday detained five Bangladeshis in Malda Town station, reports Subhro Maitra. The five arrived from Delhi and Gujarat and had planned to go to Bangladesh through Malda border, said cops. Police also said that the detainees ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    ‘BJP murdering democracy’: Mamata after back-to-back assaults on Abhishek, Kalyan

    Chanditala (Hooghly): Trinamool chief and former CM Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused BJP of "murdering democracy" after her party's Lok Sabha chief whip Kalyan Banerjee suffered head injuries in an assault during a protest near Chanditala police station.Serampore MP ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    48 hours after squall, city max temp spikes by 8°C

    Kolkata: The city woke up to a stifling morning and endured a scorching Sunday, with the maximum temperature soaring to 35°C, after a brief one-and-a-half-day respite from the sweltering summer heat, triggered by the squall on Friday afternoon. Sunday’s ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    2 decomposed bodies found in locked Golf Green flat

    Kolkata: The decomposed bodies of a 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman, believed to have been in a live-in relationship, were recovered from a rented one-bedroom flat in Golf Green’s Aravinda Nagar on Sunday. The incident has triggered a ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
    Police set to summon former minister after Messi event fiasco

    Kolkata: A day after an FIR was registered against former state sports minister Aroop Biswas and others in connection with the Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour controversy at Salt Lake Stadium, Bidhannagar Police has begun the process of issuing ...

    1 June 2026 Times of India
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